Given the historical accuracy of everything from the costuming to the C.I.A.’s aims to the Cold War lingo, it’s only right for one to ask if there is any truth to the story of this show? Rather, the series, whose name comes from the CIA acronym for “person of no interest,” is a work of historical fiction, merely inspired by the unique opportunities for observation and surveillance taken by the U.S. during the time the series is set. “The nugget of this idea came out in the earliest conversations that Susanna [Fogel] and I ever had about wanting to write together,” said co-creator David Iserson in an interview with Town & Country, who added that he first felt the seed of inspiration while exploring cities that were under the Iron Curtain in the 1970s.
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Published at: 2026-01-22 00:00:00
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